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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1994
Page
4
Dale Larson serves as Vice President and General Manager while Mark Bowden is the Managing Editor, shaping leadership and editorial direction.
Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause, will retire after 24 years guiding reform efforts. He pushed for campaign finance changes and ethics laws, prompting investigations into prominent lawmakers and critiquing party leaders who blocked disclosure and gift ban legislation. His work expanded credibility and membership to about 250000 nationwide.
The United States planned and carried out radiation tests on humans, often without consent, with secrecy lasting decades. Many subjects were soldiers. ethics debates arose as officials acknowledged the wrong in later years.
Willard A. Workman argues Congress should pass the GATT Uruguay Round this year, citing Iowa export growth and job creation. He warns delay harms U.S. interests and notes proposed tariff cuts, global market access, and higher GNP as benefits. Workman is international vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
A letter from William C. Bleeker of Iowa City challenges Professor David Levenstam's views on GOP gridlocking and liberty. Bleeker contrasts Limbaugh commentary with Levenstam's guest column and urges students to see through negative rhetoric to humane relations.
The article marks Juliette Gordon Low born on Halloween in Savannah Georgia and highlights her 1912 founding of the American Girl Scout program. It notes her aim to unite girls of varied backgrounds to grow into responsible women and to promote education, career, and family opportunities.
Kathy McDonnell of Cedar Rapids urges drivers to avoid parking in striped access aisles beside disability spaces and to refrain from occupying the remaining half of a van accessible space. The reminder emphasizes safe transfers for wheelchair users and courtesy in parking lots.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words and requires name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown will be published. Mail Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 Fax 319 398 5846 Email Gazette Net on Flona 368 8800 75144 1041 Internet 75144 1041 compuserve com
A reader questions Bonnie Campbell's motives behind a child support poster praising absent parents, questions her own family ties, and muses on political tactics in the 1994 race, while noting rising collections and a call for faster Supreme Court action on guidelines.
Richard R. Struve Jr. argues that courts are immune to recourse, overburdened, and stuck in archaic thinking. He urges voters to demand competent judges, noting fatigue, politics, and slow laws hinder modern justice and child custody and civil rights cases.
A family recounts how a 200-pound pumpkin built a giant jack o lantern then vanished, possibly stolen, leaving kids disappointed but teaching resilience. The narrator jokes about back pain and wishes the thief well while promising Halloween candy and solidarity.
Citizens may submit letters to the Gazette’s editorial department by noon Wednesday November 2 regarding the November 8 election. Short letters are preferred to improve publication chances.
Walter L McNamara endorses Kenneth L Perry asserting integrity honesty trustworthiness and fiscal responsibility. Perry has served Linn County for 20 years showing experience and credible leadership and dedication to public service.
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